Usually my parents just give us a 'family gift,' something we can all use. This year it was

X-Box (I know, I know ) with 3 games (Indiana Jones: Emperor's Tomb, Amped and DDR Dance Mix - which is for my sisters ) and a Ping Pong table for the cottage

.. and can't forget the candy in the stocking.

It's weird though, this year I've kind of matured and realized that Christmas isn't all about presents anymore. I'd rather just spend time relaxing with friends and family... but mainly my girlfriend Does this happen to all teenagers? I'm turning 16 in 20 days

I didn't get anything meaningful this year for Festivus. I did however get my lcd scratched ipod photo replaced by a new one from Apple. Thankfully there was something else wrong with it besides the scratches.

EDIT: I bought a Targus USB powered laptop cooler for my 12" PB. I would recommend this to anyone. When I started folding@home on my PB, my fan would be on 24/7. With the coolpad, though, the fan cuts on and off, which should lengthen the life of my PB's internal fan. I guess I'll count that as a Christmas present.

Original Hawaiian Shirt made in Hawaii
The Lord of The Rings: "The Return of the Kings" Collectors DVD set
$25 Gift Card Staples
Harry & David live Christmas Tree
Harry & David gift set with an assortment of candy

What I'm really excited about is the Roomba I bought my parents! The battery's charging right now. As I expected, they had no idea what it was ("Is this one of those chairs you inflate?") but soon they will grow to love it.

-tripod for my digital camera and mini-dv recorder
-collapsable camping shovel
-new lantern and hard-shell case for it for camping
-60-quart cooler on wheel with pull-handle (guess what, for camping!)
-guidebook to california/nevada hot springs (after all, gotta have places to camp)
-winchester knife
-trip to florida in february to go to my cousin's wedding followed by key west visit (from mom - for me and my girl)

And a new lock for my bike, the mandatory underwear, skin for my ipod mini (that will be exchanged for a skin for my ibook, which needs it more), a comic book, a broom, a food basket with delicatessen, and a couple of other things...

This has been (by far) the best/most profitable Christmas I've ever had:

$1600

I know... this sounds overboard. $1000 from my grandparents who are big investors and have heard alot about how I've started to get into investing, and wanted to reward my persuits. I still can't believe that they gave me a thousand bucks. That is just insane. I am so grateful.

My mom decided that it would benifit me more to give me money rather than a bunch of small gifts, so she gave me $500, which is $300-$400 more than I expected.

$100 more from my aunt who lives out of state. She said that she had no idea what to get for me so she'd let me decide.

I'm so grateful for all this money. Seriously, I've never gotten anything NEAR this much money in one sitting. Plus, I've made about $75 of profits from selling WoW boxes on eBay recently.

2 shirts

tea

roach poison

my mom is a progressive, liberal, tree-hugging hippie, and I've been pushing her to get roach poison for years. She finally gave in .

Bjork - Vespertine.

I already know most of the songs on this CD, but I love Bjork, and don't have this CD, so I was very happy

A nice ball-point pen from Sharper Image

3 books. A fantasy book, a stock investing book (fancy that ), and an Asian cooking book.

Beef Jerkey

This falls under the same catagory of roach poison, my Mom hates processed food, and calls beef jerkey 'poison covered'. . First time I've had beef jerkey in years. Love that stuff.

My grandparents are in town, we are having a blast, and Christmas has been great.

Got exactly what I asked for. A lot of money that helps pay for my trip to Egypt. Grandparents added more money to the college fun which secures me if I ever do the 10 year plan, but I am allowed to take a out a nice chunk and invest it. And a Sport Illustrated Swimsuit calendar.

I got some socks and underwear, as well as 2 shirts. I'll aalso be getting money, which I'll put toward my PoweBook I've been savin up for for months. I want to wait until MWSF, but I pretty much have enough money now. I'm starting to wonder if I should continue saving if January 11th doesn't turn out a new PowerBook. Oh well, merry Christmas everyone!

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